Viggo Mortensen’s drive to express himself in a variety of media has resulted in a volume of surprisingly good work. A photographer since his teen years, he took up painting more recently. Many of his pieces are almost collages of painted canvas with fragments of photographs and poems. Often his photographs are manipulated, scratched and […]
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Viggo Theory
First let me make it perfectly clear that I’m not certain how much of this is really about the human named Viggo Mortensen. Rather it is about a popular fantasy of who he might be, the figment of a collective imagination. I am guessing that many aspects of the fantasy and the real person overlap, […]
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The Lord of the Rings Video Clips
These days there are so many video clips on YouTube that it’s hard to know where to start, so we several days hours reviewing, curating, and organizing videos. (Yeah, it’s a rough job.) You’ll find over 20 playlists relating to J.R.R. Tolkien and The Lord of the Rings on our YouTube channel, along with links […]
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The Lord of the Rings – Links & Resources
Let us know if your favorite site is missing from the list. The Works of J.R.R. Tolkien Council of Elrond – In addition to the usual (news, photo gallery, collection of wallpapers, fan fiction, themes and video clips), the site includes a reference to Elvish and other languages and a guide to decorating your home in […]
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Horses in Books and Movies
Horses played an important and visible role in The Lord of the Rings (the book). They were not treated as mere vehicles; many had names and stories. The films built on the stories, modified some, and invented new ones. We’ll try to be clear about where we’re referring to the books, the movies, or both. See […]
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The Lord of the Rings
Silly me. This site started out as a way for me to share all that I love about The Lord of the Rings, including the films, and to defend some of the characters that got short-changed as they transitioned from the book to the movies. Somewhere on the way I got side-tracked by that Aragorn […]
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Brego in The Lord of the Rings
It’s actually a little confusing to talk about “Brego in Lord of the Rings,” since Brego the horse is a character created purely for the films. (Brego was probably named for Brego the Builder, a great king of Rohan.) In fact, the entire side story described below, about Aragorn’s injury and presumed death while fighting […]